Gidʻôwn — H1439

H1439 · Hebrew — גדעון

Pronunciation: ghid-ohn'

Definition

masculine proper noun

Gidon, an Israelite

  1. Gideon = "hewer"
  2. youngest son of Joash of the Abiezrites, fifth judge of Israel who led the Israelites against the Midianites

Usually translated as

Gideon

Origin

from H1438; feller (i.e. warrior)

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Gidʻôwn occurs 39 times in 37 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Judges (37)

Strong's Lexicon — G